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. 2000 Feb;37(2):135–138. doi: 10.1136/jmg.37.2.135

Shared decision making and non-directiveness in genetic counselling

G Elwyn 1, J Gray 1, A Clarke 1
PMCID: PMC1734519  PMID: 10662816

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